Rotary pump



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Patented Aug. 13, 1940 UNITED sTriTEsl PATENT OFFICE ROTARY PUMP Application September 7, 1937, Serial No. 162,579

6 Claims.

My invention relates to pumps, and more particularly to a pump having a discoidal piston rotated in a spherical chamber.

Among the objects of my invention are: To provide a pumpA having a discoidal piston; to provide a four chamber pump with a single inlet and a single outlet; to provide a pump ideally adapted for pumping viscous liquids; to provide a pump with an automatic neutralizing device; to provide a pump utilizing a discoidal piston rotating in a spherical housing, utilizing the periphery of the piston as a valve; and to provide a simple, emcient pump, particularly adaptable for handling viscous liquids.

Other objects of my invention will be apparent or will be specifically pointed out in the description forming a part of this specification, but I do not limit myself to the embodiment of the invention herein described, as various forms may l be adopted Within the scope of the claims.

Referring to\the drawing: Fig. 1 is a view partly in longitudinal section and partly in elevation, of a preferred form of pump of my invention.

25 Fig. 2 is a view with the casing sectioned through the inlet and outlet ports, giving an elevational view of the discoidal piston.

Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating a planar schematic development in elevation of the periphery of the piston, looking toward the center thereof.

My invention may be more fully understood by a direct reference to the drawing:

A pump casing i is preferably formed in two halves to facilitate the machining of a spherical inner surface 2. A driving head 4 having the shape of a spherical segment is positioned within the chamber and has, extending outwardly therefrom, a driving shaft 5. This driving shaft is iournaled in casing bearing 6 close to the pump chamber, and this casing bearing is prolonged to terminate in a stuillng box assembly comprisingv a plunger l forced against packing 3 by packing bolts I0. The shaft continues, and I prefer to steady the outer end in an outboard bearing I2 mounted on a bracket I4.

Extending inwardly into the pump chamber from the driving head 4 is a pump chamber parv tition l5 attached to a discoidal'plston I3 by hinges I1. In like manner a second pump chamf ber partition i3 is attachedto discoidal piston il by similar hinges, and the second partition extends across the piston at right angles to the nrs't piston This second parution ls is attached to a driven head 20, also having the shape of a spherical segment, and extending from the driven need is a aub shaft zu.A j

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The end of stub shaft 2i is journaled in a ball 22, the ball ybeing held in a ball cage 24 which is progressible along a cage cylinder 25 by an adjustment screw 26. The other end of the cage has bearing thereagainst a cage spring 2l, the

tension of which may be controlled by spring adjustment screw 29. The stub shaft 2i operates in casing slot 30 so that the angle of the stub shaft 2i may be varied with respect to the axis of driving shaft 5.

A single inlet port 3| is provided diametrically opposite a single outlet port 32, although it is to be distinctly understood that these ports are inlet or outlet ports only, in accordance with the direction the pump is to be rotated.

The periphery of the circular piston I 6 has a l I the periphery deviate to form semi-circular valve faces 35, each alternate surface extending in the opposite direction so that as the piston is rotated, each port 3| and 321s opened into a cham-4 ber which is on an. opposite side of the disc, and the fact that the periphery makes these semicircular divergences allows me to place hinge pins A, B, C, and D in bosses 33h formed integral with the disc in diametrical locations and at right angles to each other, to form the main bearings of the' toggle connecting the driving and driven head. Thus, the device may be easily assembled and disassembled when the-split casing is separated by taking out the bolts 38. a

If Fig. 1 be examined, it will be seen that on the left hand side of the piston both chambers are of equal size, with one chamber in th fact of discharging while the other is filling. whereas on the right hand side of the disc, chamber 31 is closedand completely discharged and lchambe`r 33 is open to its fullest extent and ready to start discharging its contents. yConsidering the port32 facing the reader as the outlet port, the facing chamber on the left is half discharged, and as the periphery of the disc progresses across the p0rt,.chamber 33 will immediately start discharging into the facing port. 'Ihere will therefore be a continuous inlet and a continuous outlet through the ports, thus providing for a flow which is sumciently uninterrupted to allow the handling of highly viscous liquids.

Inasmuch as such viscous liquids are dangerous in case of outlet line stoppage, and, as a mati t expose the full opening of said ports to that porf ter of fact, are thus dangerous because of their incompressibility, I have provided means of relieving pressures within the pump, and if 'the pressures do rise suiciently high, a means for changing the anglev of the rotating shaft to the point where the device will not pump at all but will simply rotate with all chambers half full. This is shown in detail in Fig. 1. When pressures rise in, for example, chamber 31, there will be a tendency for the driven shaft 2l to straighten out against spring 21. The arrangement shown allows the straightening out, and when shaft 2l is coaxially positioned in line with shaft 5, it is obvious that no pumping will take place and therefore no pressures develop.

Thus, I have provided the equivalent of an automatic safety valve, so that an abnormal rise in pressure will reduce the pump to a non-pumping condition. This ability to change the angle of shaft 2| also allows me to arrange the pump to have a variable output when rotated at a constant speed. I prefer, for certain liquids, to utilize an angle of between the two shafts. If, however, I desire to reduce the output of the device, even though rotating at the same speed, I may change that angle by rotating adjustment screw 26, to decrease the angle between the shafts. Even under these circumstances the relief feature is still in operation, and the tension of the spring will be adjusted at any time by spring tension screw 29.

I have thus provided a toggle type pump having a discoidal piston operating in a spherical chamber, wherein the periphery of the disc acts as an automatic valve to control single inlet and outlet ports, thus adapting the pump for the handling of viscous liquids.

I have also provided a means to control the output of the pump, irrespective of speed of rotation, and have provided a simple and eillcient means for preventing breakage of the pump in case output stoppage occurs.

I claim:

l. A continuous iiow pump comprising a supporting housing, a spherical chamber therein, a drive shaft rotatably journaled into said chamber, a discoidal piston disposed diametrically within said chamber substantially normal to said drive shaft and forming a snug sliding t with the interior wall of said chamber, means hingedly connecting said drive shaft to said discoidal piston on one face thereof along a diametrical axis, a stub shaft hingedly connected to the opposite face of said piston along a diametrical axis normal to said first axis and supported at an angle to said drive shaft, ports in said housing symmetrically disposed with respect to said drive shaft, said piston having an edge of substantially uniform width throughout its periphery with portions of said edge offset on a radius approximately that of said ports, whereby said oiset portions when in registry with said ports will valve off that portion of said spherical chamber to one side of said piston and at the same time tion of said spherical chamber to the other side of said piston.

2. A continuous flow pump comprising a sup'- porting housing, a spherical chamber therein, a drive shaft rotatably journaled into said chamber, a discoidal piston disposed diametrically within said chamber substantially normal to said drive shaft and forming a snug sliding flt with the interior wall of said chamber, means hingedly connecting said drive shaft to said discoidal pisvalve off that portion of said spherical chamber to one side of said piston and at the same time expose the full opening of said ports to that portion of said spherical chamber to the other side of said piston, said offset portions being concentric with said aforementioned diametrical axes.

3. A piston element for a continuous iiow pump having a spherical pump chamber and circular inlet and outlet ports, comprising a discoidal member of substantially the diameter of said chamber and having a rim of substantially uniform width, with portions of said rim offset on a radius approximately equal to that of such ports.

4. A piston element for a continuous flow pump having al spherical pump chamber and an inlet and outlet port, comprising a discoidal member having a diameter substantially equal to that of such chamber and a rim of substantially uniform width, with portions of said rim alternately oil.'- set in opposite directions sufficient to substantially match the edge of said ports when in registry therewith.

5. A piston element for a continuous flow pump having a spherical pump chamber and an inlet and outlet port. comprising a discoidal member of substantially the diameter of such chamber and having a rim of substantially uniform width lying in the surface of a sphere, with portions of said rim offset to encompass such ports when in registry therewith.

6. A piston element for a continuous fiow pump having a spherical pump chamber and an inlet and outlet port, comprising a discoidal member, of substantially the diameter of such spherical chamber and having a pair of hinge bearings along diametrical axes normal to each other for hinge connection to a drive shaft and a stub shaft, .said discoidal member also having a rim of uniform width, with spaced offset portions of substantially rim width concentric with said axes.

ALBERT J. GRANBERG. 

